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Developed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe as a Half-Life mod, Counter-Strike IP was bought by Valve, who transformed it into a global powerhouse and a rock-solid standard by which all shooters are eventually measured.
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Fnatic and Furia set new world record for CS:GO on DreamHack Masters Malmo

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During DreamHack Masters, Fnatic have defeated Furia 34-32 on Overpass map to set to the world record in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for the longest played map between tier-one teams.

Mousesports sweep away Evil Geniuses from Dreamhack Malmo Masters

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Mousesports have eliminated Evil Geniuses at Dreamhack Malmo Masters today. The ESL One New York​​​​​​​​ champions go home without a single map win as frozen and woxic dominate. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

ESL and Dreamhack launch Counter-Strike: GO ESL Pro Tour

ESL Pro Tour's schedule for 2020
ESL and Dreamhack have announced the world's biggest and most lucrative Counter-Strike: Global Offensive circuit so far - the new ESL Pro Tour. The circuit will span all the continents and comes with a prize pool exceeding $5 million.

Valve tweaking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive loot boxes in France

Valve recently revealed that they'll be tweaking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive loot box mechanics in France. They will be introducing the X-ray scanner, or in other words, players will get to see items hidden in any container.

Counter-Strike turns 20, Valve celebrate with retro Dust II

Screenshot of classic counter-strike map dust 2
Since its inception in 1999 Counter-Strike has become almost synonymous with first-person shooters, especially those of the competitive variety. To celebrate its 20th birthday, Valve have made the classic Dust II available in CS:GO.

CS:GO records more than 20 million players in December

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CS:GO went free to play and added a new battle royale mode recently, which led to a record-breaking 20 million player-count in December. These numbers are the highest ever recorded and more than double when compared to November's numbers.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a Portal Easter egg

Atlas and P-body flexing in Portal 2
Players who gave Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's new battle royale mode a try have come across a strange broadcast message that got many players expecting a new Portal announcement, although Valve insist that it's just a bit of fun.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive getting review-bombed on Steam

Terrorists are protesting against something on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's dust map.
The decision to make Counter-Strike: Global Offensive free to play doesn't seem to be sitting well with the game's existing playerbase, who have been review-bombing the game's Steam page with more than 22,000 negative reviews since.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive goes f2p and gets battle royale

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has officially sailed into free to play waters and not only that - Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment's game also got a battle royale component called Danger Zone, which offers solo, duo and three-man play.

CS:GO pro team disqualified after one member was caught hacking

Terrorists are protesting against something on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's dust map.
Team OpTic India has been disqualified from a LAN event, eXTREMELAND ZOWIE Asia, held in Shanghai, due to one of their players using hacks. Nikhil “forsaken” Kumawat first cheated and then attempted to delete the evidence of doing so.
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